863
Argyreia
sericea Dalz.
Family
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Convolvulaceae
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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July-February
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Distribution
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Western Ghats
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Distribution in Kerala
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Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Dry deciduous forests
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Endemic/Exotic
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Endemic
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Key botanical
characters :
Densely
hirsute stout climbing shrubs. Leaves deltoid, ovate to lanceolate, apex
acute, base truncate, pubescent above, densely hirsute below. Cymes axillary;
bracts oblong, tomentose; peduncles to 10 cm, pubescent; calyx lobes oblong-lanceolate,
pubescent, except the overlapping part, slightly unequal; corolla funnel
shaped, tube pink, hirsute on outside, especially on the conduplication.
Berry 3 cm across, fruiting calyx enlarged.
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